Improved knife-guard



T. T. WOODWARD. KNIFE GUARD.

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Letters Patent No. 96,758, dated November 9, 1869.

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This'invention rel'ates to a new and useful improve- 'ment'in a detachable guard for cutting-blades, and consist-s in attaching, to a knife or other cutting-blade, a metallic guard, constructed and operating as herein after described.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 represents a side view of the guard attacked to a knife-blade, the latterv being shown in dot-l ted lines. Figure 2 line a: fr.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding is a cross-section of Iig. 1, through the This guard is of square or 'oblong form, and con- -siste of a bar, A, with arms B O at each end.

These arms have each a recess, D, which recesses ,are grooved at each end, for receiving both the back and the edge of the blade, as seen in iig. 2.

f The guard is fastened to the blade by means of thumb-screws E.

As seen in' fig. 2, there is a narrow space between the cutting-edge of the blade and the bar A. y

This space extends the distance between the arms B G, an'd its width governs the thickness of the shaving cut, the arrangement being similar to that of the edge and back of a spoke-shave, and the operation the same.

These detachable guards may be made of any size and form, and be fastenedby thumb-screws or by a spring-catch, or by the frictionbetween it and the blade, as may be deemed best.

The design -is to make a spoke-shave of the blade of a pocket-knife or a drawing-knife, or of any blade for cutting or working wood, paling 'and slicing potatoes or fruit, and for all similar purposes.

Having thus described my invention,'

' I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A blade-guard, consisting of parts A B C D E, con structed and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein shown and described.

THOS. T. WOODWARD.

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